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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Abeille
France
The ship was wrecked at Senegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom .[ 3] [ 4]
Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland , Netherlands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette , Hérault , France to Hamburg .[ 5] Campbell was refloated on 17 August and taken into Texel in a severely damaged condition.[ 6]
Mastery
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Jersey , Channel Islands . Mastery was refloated and taken into Ramsgate , Kent.[ 7]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Dunkerque , Nord , France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Jersey , Channel Islands .[ 25] Amity capsized on 18 August and was wrecked.[ 6]
Emilie
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland . She was on a voyage from Frederikshavn , Denmark to Dordrecht , South Holland .[ 13]
Isabella and Louisa
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Langlee Island , Massachusetts , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City Lower Canada , British North America to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 26]
Victoria
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked "Harboorne" or at "Starboorne", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Stettin .[ 3] [ 4] [ 24]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Courageux
France
The ship ran aground on the Tistlern, off the coast of Sweden, and sank. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 35]
Kingston
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks off Spanish Head, Isle of Man and was consequently beached at Port St. Mary . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Quebec City , Lower Canada , British North America .[ 20] [ 36]
Seaflower
Jersey
The ship departed from Antigua for Arichat, Nova Scotia , British North America. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 37]
Victoria
British North America
The ship was wrecked in Mall Bay, Lower Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to quebec City.[ 38]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship stuck a sunken rock off Punta Galera, São Miguel Island , Azores. She was consequently beached. Atalanta was on a voyage from Gibraltar to São Miguel Island and Barbadoes .[ 53]
Leao II
Brazil
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island.[ 53]
Paquete de Bilbao
Spain
The ship departed from Havana , Cuba for Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
Sarah and Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by Arrow ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from Memel , Prussia to Oporto , Portugal.[ 55] [ 28] Sarah and Eliza came ashore on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands on 30 August.[ 56]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Aberdeenshire
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sourabaya , Netherlands East Indies for Canton , China . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen people on board.[ 63]
Fenella
United Kingdom
The ship departed from St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba for Swansea , Glamorgan . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 64]
Maria Johanna
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee , North Holland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom .[ 65]
Martha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Mundesley , Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds , Yorkshire .[ 15] [ 48]
Nestor
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship sprang a leak, capsized and was abandoned in the North Sea off Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium. Her eleven crew were rescued by Diana ( United Kingdom ). She was on a voyage from London to Pori . Nestor was towed into Ostend on 2 September by Liverpool ( United Kingdom ).[ 27] [ 66]
Renown
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Colne .[ 28]
Vrow Anna
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland , Friesland , Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Antwerp .[ 60]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1838
Ship
State
Description
Aberdeenshire
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Soerabaja , Netherlands East Indies .[ 69]
Ajax
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool , Lancashire . Ajax was subsequently taken into Halifax , Nova Scotia , British North America , where she arrived on 4 August.[ 15] [ 16]
Atalanta
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 August. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick , British North America to Bideford , Devon .[ 70]
Braganza
United States
Four of the brig's crew mutinied and murdered her captain and mate in late July. Three passengers and two crew members took to a boat; they were rescued on 12 August by Hebden ( United Kingdom ). Braganza was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia . She was subsequently beached near Emden , Kingdom of Hanover . The mutineers were arrested .[ 71] [ 72]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between "Ponor" and "Cross Island", Russia . Her crew were rescued by Adam ( United Kingdom ). Charlotte was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Jersey , Channel Islands .[ 41] [ 73]
Elizabeth
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of the mouth of the Murray River . She was on a voyage from Port Adelaide , South Australia to Portland Bay [ 74]
Fanny
New South Wales
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cape Jaffa and Cape Northumberland , South Australia . All on board were rescued.[ 74] [ 75]
New Holland
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel , Morocco.She was on a voyage from London to Genoa , Kingdom of Sardinia and Livorno , Grand Duchy of Tuscany . New Holland was later refloated and put into Gibraltar for repairs.[ 76]
Northumberland
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in a squall in St Andrews Bay . She was righted and towed into St Andrews , Fife for repairs.[ 7]
Sarah
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked at Long Beach .[ 77]
Sir Henry Parnell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Büyükdere , Ottoman Empire . She was later refloated and taken into Constantinople .[ 27] [ 28]
Sir Herbert Taylor
United Kingdom
The East Indiaman was wrecked in Silver Tree Reach, in the Hooghly River with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Leesakond ( United Kingdom ).[ 1] [ 78]
Star
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Humber . She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 7]
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Nagra Point, in the Dardanelles before 22 August. She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Smyrna , Ottoman Empire.[ 79] She was later refloated and put back to Constantinople.[ 80]
Sylph
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Wamochlim". She was on a voyage from Altona to Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 32] [ 40]
Thistle
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked at Fourteen Mile Bluff. Her crew survived.[ 81]
William
New South Wales
The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Yankalilla Bay in late August.[ 82]
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